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An in-depth look at the latest trends impacting the world of data centers and cloud computing.

DCF Show: Sabey’s Tim Mirick on the Austin Data Center Market

By Rich Miller - May 19, 2022 Leave a Comment

On the Data Center Frontier Show, Sabey Chief Revenue Officer Tim Mirick joins us to talk about Sabey’s history in data center development, and its big expansion announcements for 2022 in Austin and Central Washington.

Tagged With: Austin, Sabey Data Centers

Hillsboro Data Center Market Boosted by Significant Pre-Leasing

By Rich Miller - May 17, 2022 Leave a Comment

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The Hillsboro data center market is poised for substantial growth over the next several years, and data center developers clearly see Hillsboro and the larger Portland, Ore., market as a hot spot for hyperscale and enterprise facilities.

Tagged With: Colocation, Data Center Site Selection, Hillsboro, Hillsboro Data Center Market, NTT

Evoque to Partner With Archer Datacenters on $200M Nashville Campus

By Rich Miller - May 16, 2022 Leave a Comment

In the latest step in its expansion beyond colocation, Evoque has formed a joint venture with Archer Datacenters to create a 100-megawatt data center campus in Gallatin, Tennessee.

Tagged With: Archer Datacenters, Evoque, Nashville, Renewable Energy

DigitalBridge to Buy Switch for $11 Billion as Data Center M&A Binge Continues

By Rich Miller - May 11, 2022 Leave a Comment

Switch SUPERNAP data center

Data center developer Switch will be acquired by DigitalBridge and infrastructure investors IFM and taken private in an all cash deal valued at about $11 billion. The deal continues a trend in which public data center REITs have been bought by large investors and taken private.

Tagged With: DigitalBridge, switch

Quantum Loophole’s ‘Data Center City’ Secures Aligned as First Tenant

By Rich Miller - May 10, 2022 Leave a Comment

The Aligned Ashburn data center in Northern Virginia. (Photo: Aligned)

Aligned Data Centers has signed an agreement to acquire land, power, and water at Quantum Loophole’s massive new data center campus in Maryland, a big step toward extending the Northern Virginia cloud cluster across the Potomac into Frederick County.

Tagged With: Aligned, Maryland, Quantum Loophole

Cologix Recapitalization Powers Scalelogix Hyperscale Strategy

By Rich Miller - May 9, 2022 Leave a Comment

Cologix provides an example of how investment and M&A can alter the trajectory of a data center provider’s journey. A $3 billion recapitalization has set the stage for Scalelogix, an initiative to deploy 200 megawatts of capacity in key hyperscale markets,

Tagged With: Asset Backed Securitization, Cologix, securitization

Land and Expand: NTT Global Data Centers Builds Out its New Campuses

By Rich Miller - May 5, 2022 Leave a Comment

An aerial view of the NTT Global Data Center Americas PH1 facility in Mesa, Arizona. (Photo: NTT Global Data Centers Americas)

NTT Global Data Centers Americas has spent the past two years entering new markets in Hillsboro, Chicago, Santa Clara and Phoenix. The company’s expansion is now shifting to adding capacity by building more data centers on its campuses.

Tagged With: NTT Global Data Centers Americas, Phoenix

As Supply Chain Concerns Grow, Cloud Players Scoop Up Data Center Space

By Rich Miller - May 3, 2022 Leave a Comment

A new data center under construction on the Vantage Data Centers campus in Ashburn, Virginia. (Photo: Rich Miller)

Data center leasing has kicked into warp speed, as cloud players and social networks race to procure cloud capacity for long-term growth. The record leasing is driven by concerns about project delays from supply chain disruptions.

Tagged With: Data Center Construction, Leasing

Iron Mountain Signs 72 Megawatt Lease at its Manassas Data Center

By Rich Miller - April 28, 2022 Leave a Comment

The Iron Mountain-VA-2 data center in Manassas, Virginia. (Photo: Rich Miller)

Iron Mountain Data Centers has signed a 72-megawatt lease for a tenant in Northern Virginia, the largest lease in the company’s history. The deal reflects the the super-sizing of cloud deals and data center campuses across Northern Virginia.

Tagged With: Iron Mountain, Manassas, Northern Virginia

Metaverse Building Boom: Meta Adds 3 Data Centers at Illinois Cloud Campus

By Rich Miller - April 27, 2022 1 Comment

A rendering of the future expansion of the Meta data center in DeKalb County Illinois. Meta is adding three data center buildings. (Image: Meta)

Meta continues to prepare its digital infrastructure for the metaverse, adding three more data centers to its $1 billion cloud campus in Illinois. We look at Meta’s accelerating building boom and what it tells us about the future of data infrastructure.

Tagged With: Facebook, Meta

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Understanding the Differences Between 5 Common Types of Data Centers

Understanding the Differences Between 5 Common Types of Data Centers No two are data centers are alike when it comes to design or the applications and data they support with their networking, compute and storage infrastructure. Shad Secrist of Belden outlines the differences between 5 of the most common types of data centers including edge, colocation and hyperscale.

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DCF Spotlight

Data center modules on display at the recent Edge Congress conference in Austin, Texas. (Photo: Rich Miller)

Edge Computing is Poised to Remake the Data Center Landscape

Data center leaders are investing in edge computing and edge solutions and actively looking at new ways to deploy edge capacity to support evolving business and user requirements.

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Northern Virginia Data Center Market: The Focal Point for Cloud Growth

The Northern Virginia data center market is seeing a surge in supply and an even bigger surge in demand. Data Center Frontier explores trends, stats and future expectations for the No. 1 data center market in the country.

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Data Center 101: Mastering the Basics of the Data Center Industry

Data Center 101: Mastering the Basics of the Data Center Industry

Data Center Frontier, in partnership with Open Spectrum, brings our readers a series that provides an introductory guidebook to the ins and outs of the data center and colocation industry. Think power systems, cooling, solutions, data center contracts and more. The Data Center 101 Special Report series is directed to those new to the industry, or those of our readers who need to brush up on the basics.

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